When she made the comment, I had just called my first foul in about 4 minutes of game time... during which time my partners had called a handful. And we were basically on the same page the entire way. I did have one stretch where I called about 6 in a row (in the first half), but that was more a function of where I was on the court relative to where the action was happening. The old 'call a foul as the lead, move to trail, become new lead, call a foul, move to trail, rinse, repeat' cycle that happens in NFHS mechanics.
Honestly, I have no idea what she was complaining about. I simply gave her an "I hear ya, coach" and took about 3 steps further on to the court (this was during a FT, so I was trail, tableside, near the 28-foot line), and the game finished without incident. Warning or serving T never even crossed my mind.
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